The 29th General Assembly of ICCROM was held in Rome with the participation of delegates from 134 Member states during which Mohamad Hassan Talebian Iran’s deputy-head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) was elected as a member of the centre’s council.
Following the Islamic Revolution, this is the 3rd time that Iran has been chosen as a member.
ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide through training, information, research, cooperation and advocacy programs.
It aims to enhance the field of conservation-restoration and raise awareness to the importance and fragility of cultural heritage.
It was created in 1956 as a result of a proposal at the UNESCO General Conference held in New Delhi. Three years later, the centre was established in Rome, Italy, where its headquarters remain to this day.
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